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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC

740 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CARTERET COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL FLOODING            

  DOWNPOURS OVER MOREHEAD CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. AT 740  

  PM...FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN MOREHEAD CITY...BLOCKING PORTIONS OF 

  HIGHWAY 70 AND ADJACENT ROADWAYS. 



* FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   NORTH RIVER.

   MOREHEAD CITY...AND...ATLANTIC BEACH.

   BEAUFORT.

   STRAITS.

   HARKERS ISLAND.



FLOODING IS LIKELY AT THE ATLANTIC BEACH CIRCLE. OTHER LOCATIONS 

THAT CAN EXPECT FLOODING INCLUDE ATLANTIC...BETTIE...DAVIS... 

HARLOWE...INDIAN BEACH...NEWPORT...OPEN GROUNDS FARM...OTWAY...PINE 

KNOLL SHORES...SALTER PATH...SEA LEVEL...SMYRNA...SOUTH RIVER AND 

STACY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...AND HIGHWAYS. ADDITIONALLY...ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT

TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR

RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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LAT...LON 3497 7636 3499 7641 3501 7656 3500 7659

          3494 7657 3498 7661 3499 7667 3489 7663

          3483 7694 3467 7695 3463 7660 3465 7658

          3469 7652 3490 7633



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